Travel Schedule for the 2001 China Study Trip
(May 22-June 10)
5/22 (Tue)	Providence-Detroit-Beijing
	8:00 AM, Meet at Northwest Airline check out desk in the T.F. Green Airport, Flight depart at 9:20 AM; Northwest 1443H (Providence - Detroit) 3:30 PM Leave Detroit for Beijing, Northwest/Air China flight 982K
5/23 (Wed)	Beijing
	Arrive in Beijing Capital International Airport at 6:00 PM, Local time. Stay at the Fang Xing Hotel - the guesthouse of China University of Geosciences
5/24 (Thu)	Beijing
	Morning: Opening ceremony at the Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City Afternoon: American Chambers of Commerce, money exchange
5/25 (Fri)	Beijing
	Morning: the Summer Palace Afternoon: Beijing Botanical Garden Dinner at the Xiangshan Hotel - an I.M. Pei architecture Beijing opera
5/26 (Sat)	Beijing
	Morning: Natural History Museum Afternoon: Beijing Zoo Evening: Leave for Shandong
5/27 (Sun)	Linqu Shandong
	Morning: Arrive in Weifang Afternoon: Visit Weifang museum
5/28 (Mon)	Linqu Shandong
	Morning: Qinzhou Museum Afternoon: Visit local industries Evening: Discussion on conservation and environmental protection with Mr. Guanghui Fan (Director of Linqu County Economic Committee) and Mr. Bo Sun, (Director of Shanwang Fossil Museum)
5/29 (Tue)	Linqu Shandong
	One day geology field trip to the Shanwang fossil beds (A national reserve area) and a local mining district, fossil collecting Evening: Lecture: Discovery and study of Shanwang fossils: the scientific values and conflicts between fossil preservation and local mining industry (by Hong Yang)
5/30 (Wed)	Linqu Shandong
	Taishan Mt (one day) Afternoon: travel to Linqu
5/31 (Thu)	Shandong - Wuhan
	Travel to Wuhan
6/1 (Fri)	Wuhan
	Moring: "2001 China-US College Student Environmental Forum" A joint TV environmental forum with students from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Afternoon: Eastern Lake environment
6/2 (Sat)	Wuhan
	Departure for Yichang to visit the Three Gorges Dam site
6/3 (Sun)	Wuhan
	Return from Yichang
6/4 (Mon)	Wuhan
	Morning: Visit Yellow Crane Tower along the Yangzte River Afternoon: Visit fresh water dolphin - Baiji at hydrobiology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
6/5 (Tue)	Louyang (Bryant - Harvard project
	Morning: Longmen cave Afternoon: Visit Song dynasty sites Evening: Archeological study field guide, by Professor T-K Lee, Harvard University
6/6 (Wed)	Gong Xian (Bryant - Harvard project)
	Archeological digging with Harvard students
6/7 (Thu)	Gong Xian (Bryant - Harvard project)
	Morning: Shaolin Temple at Songshan Mt. Afternoon: Return to Beijing
6/8 (Fri)	Beijing
	Morning: Return from Luoyang Afternoon: Beijing Zoo and Natural History Museum Evening: Beijing Opera
6/9 (Sat)	Beijing
	Morning: Great Wall (whole day) Evening: Farewell party at the Beihai Park (one of the emperor's palaces during the Ching Dynasty)
6/10 (Sun)	Beijing-Detroit-Providence
	Beijing Capital International Airport, 11:00 AM, Return to US (Beijing - Detroit - Providence) Arrive in Providence at 3:23 PM (Northwest 1448K), the same day

 

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